Views of the World... People

by Harrison W.

Azul

12/18/18

Homer,

Herodotus,

Eratosthenes,

Ptolemy,

Dark Ages View (not a "people"...),

Dante,

Now. Sizes and Distances. But we still have a LOT to learn...

Citations here

1."Eratosthenes." Famous Scientists, www.famousscientists.org/eratosthenes/.

2. Blueshift, NASA. How Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth. Digital file, 31 July 2013.

2. Gaaarg. A green world map. Digital file, 27 May 2008.

3.Wikipedia contributors. "Trojan War." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 4 Jan. 2019. Web. 8 Jan. 2019.

4. "This Month in Physics History." American Physical Society, www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200606/history.cfm.

5. "Sieve of Eratosthenes." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Nov. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes.